INVENTORY MANAGEMENT STRATEGY EVALUATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

Patent №

US 5,963,919

Granted

1999-10-05

Filed 1996

Owner

NORTHERN TELECOM LIMITED

+1 more

Lab

AI components

3

kr · planning · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

08771684

A system and method for evaluating an inventory management strategy combines multiple management strategies in a single inventory management system. The system analyzes the inventory portfolio on an item-by-item basis to assign the most suitable management strategy for that item. The inventory management system provides a high level of flexibility for the users to define input parameters to ensure a desired level of customer satisfaction. Additionally, it determines whether the inventory items are forecastable before predicting future demands.

AI classification

Planning1.00
AI hardware1.00
Knowledge representation0.96
Machine learning0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Natural language0.00
Vision0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

NORTHERN TELECOM LIMITED

assignment · 86590219

NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION

namechg · 104990024

Assignors

BRINKLEY, PAUL A., DORVAL, THOMAS L., ZWIERZYNSKI, THERESA, GERENSER, MARY ANN, EXCUTRIX FOR GEORGE J. GERENSER, DECEASED

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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